Chapter 404 - Rest and Business 8 (1/2)

Jake couldn't tell Clara that their sponsorship contract would have to end this season, it was not yet final and Jake had only told his mother for now, so it was better than Clara could have great sales this year because next year they would not have it to help improve sales.

Jake could say that he would join the NBA only after the end of this basketball season when he had no problem that nobody knew about, the companies that negotiated with David knew that Jake would enter the NBA, but they would never say anything about it so as not to spoil their reputation.

If in the future Jake could help Clara's company in any way even if he didn't receive sponsorship he would help, the problem was that his future contract with the shoe company would probably prevent him from doing so.

Jake and Clara split up after lunch was over and Jake went back to his house, Jake had already talked to Emily and the next day he would talk to her about the next investments Jake would make, then he would spend a few more days relaxing and coming back to the university.

When Eva came home after working at the restaurant she brought Anna with her, they had closed the restaurant earlier because Anna wanted to see Jake as they hadn't talked in a long time as Jake didn't go to the restaurant anymore.

Even though they saw each other sometimes it was always when they had other people around and they couldn't talk easily, in fact, Eva and Anna already thought that Lola had accepted that she would not date Jake and that she didn't think about it anymore.

But with Jake going to the restaurant again everything could change and that could make Lola suffer again, besides, Jake was at the university and after that, he would become a professional and go to another city, so Jake didn't mind not going to the restaurant and he was only in Miami for a few days.

”How are things at the restaurant, Anna? I ask my mom, but I don't think she would tell me if the restaurant had a problem.”

”Hahaha, no need to worry, Jake, things in the restaurant are very good, almost all year the restaurant is always full and as you know the employees do their job well and so we have no problem with the inspectors or with culinary critics.”

”We are making a good profit even by charging a lower price for the dishes on our menu, so taking the fatigue out of having a lot of work, we are doing very well, soon we will make another menu renewal and customers are looking forward to it.”

Jake was happy to hear that things at the restaurant were really good if they always had a crowded restaurant it was normal for them to make profits even by charging less and with his mother giving great salaries to employees.

With the menu being renewed again they would have no problems with customers getting tired of the restaurant and most of the customers were people from the hotels who came to eat, these people came a few times a year or just after several years to eat again at the restaurant.

”Anna, or do you think about a restaurant renovation? We can buy an even bigger place for the restaurant to have more customers, or we can buy some neighboring buildings and use it to increase the size of the restaurant.”

Jake had received a lot of money after that profit-sharing from Robert's company and would also earn even more when he made the contracts when he entered the NBA, so he was thinking he could try to improve his mom's restaurant.

He had given up on the idea of ​​building restaurant branches because to do that Eva would have to choose people to work at the other branches of the restaurant and that would make Eva even busier and Jake felt that she didn't want that.

”I don't think it's a good idea, Jake, you know that your mom doesn't care much about money and doesn't intend to be a millionaire at her restaurant, so she doesn't charge that much for the dishes on the menu and pays good salaries to the employees.”

”So there is no need to increase the size of the restaurant or create branches, after all this is not what your mother wants, if the restaurant increased in size, your mother and I would have more work and we would have to hire more employees to receive a little more Of money.”

Hearing what Anna said Jake realized that he was thinking things wrong really, he got used to getting involved in the business, with the companies that sponsored him and with the companies that he owned or owned.

All he ever had to think for the good of these companies was to increase their profit and increase the value of the companies, that was his job and if he did that it was because everything had worked out.

Because Jake thought that his investments were doing so well and that's why Matthew's company was improving so much and making so many profits, but his mom's restaurant was different, it was for Eva to fulfill her dream and be happy working that was what Jake always wanted for his mother.

So always thinking about what they could do to get more profits or make his mom's restaurant a successful company was not what Eva wanted, so Jake decided he would give up thinking like that.